Ji Tang

Chapter 611 'Country Agreement'
After getting rid of the Xuanzhou Family, the next thing will be much easier.

The iron ore exploration has been completed long ago, the preliminary preparations have been completed, and the benefits have been distributed. All that is left is to start construction.

But before starting work, Ji Song issued another decree, not many, just three.

[-]. All workers must be registered, and the governor's office will check the number of workers from time to time.Mining workers' daily wages must not be less than twenty cents, and they must have three meals a day.

Second, set up a Supervision Department. All workers who are dissatisfied with their employers or want to quit can go to the Supervision Department to request arbitration, and relevant personnel are not allowed to stop them.

[-]. All workers must not work for more than five hours at a time, and must take one day off every six days, and this is mandatory. Employers must not obstruct them in any way. If anything is discovered, mining qualifications will be revoked.

When the governor's three-day decree came out, everyone was in an uproar.

What does Ji Song want to do?
But all their protests were a joke in front of Ji Song, and after making trouble for a while, they could only follow Ji Song's method.

Now that the people have handed it over, if they regret it at this time, not only will all the previous investment be wasted, but they will also lose their mining qualifications. This is unacceptable to them.

They were really not used to it at first, not only the aristocratic families were not used to it, but the common people were not used to it either.

They are accustomed to being squeezed, but suddenly they find that they can rest, but they still can't do it without rest, even if they work voluntarily.

Not only are you paid twenty copper coins a day, but you can also rest for at least four days a month, so you don't have to work day and night, up to five hours.

After that, if you want to do things in charge but still don't let me, these days will be like being in heaven.

After a while, everyone found that although they spent less time working, their efficiency increased. They dug more ore than before when they worked for six hours a day.

In this way, there is no loss anyway, but also a small profit due to the improved efficiency, everyone is happy!

"Everyone is happy?"

Ji Song sneered when he heard Yuchi Baolin's words. Now everyone is happy?
In the past, you used people to die, not only did you not pay them, but you also squeezed them to death. It's strange that these people can work hard for you.

It seems more restrictive now, but it also increases everyone’s enthusiasm.

Some smart managers even used piece-rate wages in order to improve efficiency again.

If you complete a certain amount every day, you will only get [-] cents, but for every [-]% more, you will get two more cents of wages, with no upper limit.

In this way, everyone found that efficiency was improved again.

Seeing that this method is effective, some people have begun to think about calculating wages entirely on a piece-rate basis, or increasing the basic quantity previously set.

But do you really think that the Supervision Department and the Governor's Office are vegetarians?After the qualifications of three companies were cancelled, everyone became honest.

As for the three interests that were disqualified?Oh, without them, other people's shares will be larger, and they would like to lose a few more!

This incident also reminded everyone that the three decrees of the Governor's Office are the bottom line.

You can modify this bottom line, and as long as it doesn't go too far, no one will care about you. But if you want to break through the bottom line, then you have to carefully consider the attitude of the governor's office.

It doesn't matter if you lose a little money. Compared with the income from selling iron ore, what is that little money?
But if he is disqualified, he will die, and he will also offend Ji Song, a fierce dragon across the river. Whether he can stay in Xuanzhou in the future is a question.

This incident made everyone honest. They didn't want to lose a gold mine because of this small profit.

"Brother Song, see if you can stop it. If this continues, many people will work to death just to get more money. Sooner or later, their bodies will collapse." Yuchi Baolin said hesitantly. He had seen some people working hard for a few reasons. Wen Qian couldn't wait to keep doing it. If it weren't for Brother Song's iron rule, they could do it all day long.

But if this continues, the body will not be able to bear it, and problems will occur sooner or later. This is simply exchanging lives for money!

"Stop it? How to stop it?" Ji Song said angrily.

He didn't know that there would be such a result. In order to save costs, those evil bosses in later generations would use all kinds of methods. What does this mean?
He knew clearly that it was impossible to ban it, and he could not stay in Xuanzhou forever.

Nowadays, the place is small and it can cover everything, but the Tang Dynasty is not a small country, nor does it only have one Xuanzhou. The Tang Dynasty has become huge.

If it were extended to the entire Tang Dynasty in the future, it would be impossible for the government to supervise everything. Collusion between officials and businessmen, mutual protection between officials, local protectionism, etc. would all lead to resistance to the government orders they set.

What I can do now is to implement these three decrees and let everyone form a consensus, which can be regarded as forming a "township agreement" that has been agreed upon by Wang Mingyang in the Youming Dynasty.

It has become a kind of moral bottom line and can be regarded as giving the people a certain breathing space.

Once a moral bottom line like a 'township agreement' is formed, it will, to a large extent, prevent employers from going too far.

They are all rural people. If they go too far, they will inevitably be condemned by the society, so these people must have certain restraints.

In a feudal society, there is only so much you can do.

According to class terms, he was already betraying his class by doing this, but he really couldn't bear it if he didn't do something.

Is ten hours a day long?

Long, of course.If possible, they would like everyone to work only four hours a day, but the reality is that it is impossible.

Now they can still abide by the rules under their own pressure, but will they still be able to abide by the rules when he leaves one day?
Impossible, capital is bloodthirsty, and this will only make them more greedy.

"This matter ends here. Don't go looking for trouble with those people. Don't be too biased when dealing with disputes. This will only do bad things."

"Brother knows what you think and doesn't want to see the people being oppressed. If it's possible, why wouldn't I do it?"

"But how long can you and I stay here? What happens after we leave? They will only get worse. Not only will we not be able to help them, but we will also harm them!"

Paulin was silent, he was not a fool, and when he heard what Ji Song said, he understood a little.

He patted Pauline on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This is actually not bad. Both of us can reluctantly accept it. If we insist on protecting the people, it will only make it more difficult for the people."

"What we have to do now is to implement these three decrees and implement them into the hearts of the people, so that everyone will regard them as iron laws. Once someone violates them, without us taking action, everyone in the world can drown them with spittle."

"Let it become a customary agreement for everyone. Although I can't guarantee that everyone will abide by it, as long as most people abide by it, then we will be successful."

Yuchi Baolin was silent for a long time, then stood up and saluted Ji Song: "I wrongly blamed my brother, I thought you"

"You think I and the others are all the same and don't take the people seriously?" Ji Song said with a smile.

"I"

Ji Song waved his hand and said angrily: "Okay, can I still know your thoughts?"

Yuchi Baolin scratched her head with a smile upon hearing this, a little embarrassed that she had mistakenly blamed Ji Song just now.
(End of this chapter)